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V12 (2001)

Vanquish (2001) · 2001–2004RWD

Aston's Gaydon-built flagship of 2001 was an Ian Callum design on a bonded aluminium and carbon structure. It is best known as James Bond's car in Die Another Day.

460 hpPower

4.7 s0-100 km/h

306 km/hTop Speed

2001-2004Year

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V12 (2001), every angle

Exterior

Aston Martin press / studio

Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine5.9L NA V12

Displacement5.9 L

Cylinders12

FuelPetrol

Transmission6-speed Automated manual

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power460 hp

Torque542 Nm

0-100 km/h4.7 s

Top speed306 km/h

Weight1835 kg

STORY

The V12 Vanquish, launched at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show, was Aston Martin's flagship and a technological milestone. Designed by Ian Callum from his acclaimed Project Vantage concept, it was among the most advanced Astons yet, with a bonded structure combining a carbon-fibre transmission tunnel with extruded aluminium and a carbon/steel/aluminium subframe.

It used the company's most powerful V12 of the day and an F1-style paddle-shift automated manual transmission, and starred as James Bond's gadget-laden car in Die Another Day (2002), where it earned the nickname "Vanish" for its (fictional) camouflage. It was built at Newport Pagnell as the last Aston made there.

The Vanquish name has since become one of Aston's flagship badges, returning as a V12 super-GT in 2012 and again in 2024, when a new third-generation Vanquish arrived with a twin-turbo 5.2-litre V12 making 824bhp, the most powerful series-production engine the company had ever built.

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